VIKINGS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Minnesota Vikings

Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Vikings.

by ArthurVikes · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 0 steals · 4 reaches
Value C+
Need B-
Trades B+
Future B-

The rest of the league had time to spare on Sam Hartman; the Vikings did not wait, grabbing him 47 spots ahead at No. 160. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

It is not that Melton is a bad player; it is that the Vikings had louder needs to answer first. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back. The trade work was a quiet net positive.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.19 · Pick 19 · Terrion Arnold · CB · rank 20
In slot 19 they get a potential shutdown corner. Need was not the driver here.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 43
Byron Murphy II in Round 2, Pick 10 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.19 · Pick 51 · Calen Bullock · S · rank 49
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Calen Bullock. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.19 · Pick 83 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 76
They did well to land Junior Colson in the 83rd overall pick, just ahead of his grade. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Max Melton · CB · rank 111
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the Round 4 slot on Max Melton with running back and tight end unsolved.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Justin Rogers · DL · rank 157
They left a pile of value on the table to take Justin Rogers this early at the 130th pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint · WR · rank 143
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint at pick 148 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.20 · Pick 156 · LaDarius Henderson · OT · rank 159
They paid sticker price for LaDarius Henderson in the 156th overall pick, and that is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 207
A big swing on Sam Hartman at the 160th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · JD Bertrand · LB · rank 189
JD Bertrand at pick No. 166 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Braiden McGregor · DL-EDGE · rank 198
Braiden McGregor in Round 6, Pick 4 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Mark Perry · S · rank 235
By-the-book stuff, Mark Perry at slot 230 squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
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